Communicating with nonverbal, deaf or mute kids about fears

12/15/12 • 18 min

On this day that shocked a country, perhaps even the world, when a senseless act took the lives of innocent children in the school shooting in Connecticut our hearts are broken. Healing our children and communicating with them about their fears will be key. For many children language does not come easily and for some not at all. Tonight we discuss with Louise Sattler, founder of Signing Families and President of 411 voices, how to communicate and interpret non verbal childrens feelings.

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